Character history

Rickie, in 2013, is a software developer working for Lifeinvader. In the mission Friend Request, Rickie mistakes Michael De Santa for an IT temp, leading him to his workstation to clear up a virus after visiting a "Not Safe For Work" website. Rickie correctly deduces that Michael was the one who rigged the smartphone bomb which killed Liveinvader CEO Jay Norris. Rickie uses this fact to blackmail Michael into finding him work after he is laid off from Lifeinvader. Michael can then employ Rickie as a hacker for certain heists. Rickie has the poorest initial skills of the three availablehackers; however, Rickie has the lowest cut of all available heist crew members at 4 percent.